Example sentences of "the over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 2 | When the over ended he took the umpire aside and explained ‘ I have two artificial hips and I do not really know where my feet are going to land ’ — he was given a special Man of the Match award . |
| 3 | The batsman drove the last ball of the over for four , and the bowler kicked the ground in exasperation . |
| 4 | The bowler took none too kindly to the official warning from umpire Roy Palmer , and imagined that his sweater was returned to him at the end of the over in an insulting manner . |
| 5 | Only the second ball of the over was not hit for four . |
| 6 | The batsman failed to survive the over though , Gooch managing to hold onto a slip catch . |
| 7 | A 6′ 4″ natural athlete from Eastbourne who spent the winter slumming it as a ski-guide on the slopes of Meribel , he completed the over when Jones limped out of Lancashire 's victory quest at Hove , then proceeded to halt the charge with a career-best 5 for 54 . |
| 8 | to that knacker 's yard for the over spent |
| 9 | His team-mate Terence Lazard was not out with 108 , and few gave EP much chance of matching a rate of 5.5 runs to the over . |
| 10 | Calculate the over or under-absorbed overhead for each cost centre . |
| 11 | No , I guess checking on the number of balls left in the over I think . |